Zut Alors!

Oust mayor, Granholm asked

2008-05-13T18:08:00Z

City Council also to pursue Kilpatrick's removal from office By Zachary Gorchow and Naomi R. Patton Free Press Staff Writers May 13, 2008 The Detroit City Council has just voted to launch a two-track effort to remove Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from o...

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U.N. frustration grows at Myanmar's junta over aid

2008-05-13T18:01:51Z

Mon May 12, 2008 By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, May 12 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ratcheted up the pressure on Myanmar on Monday, saying he was extremely frustrated by the junta's slow delivery of aid to more than 1.5 mi...

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It's About Nothing

2008-05-06T17:44:56Z

By Dana Milbank The Washington Post Tuesday, May 6, 2008 Dispatches from the twilight of a presidency: 7:13 a.m.: The South Lawn. President Bush, determined to dispel doubts about his relevance, grants an early-morning interview to Robin Roberts...

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Déja vu all over again.

2008-05-05T08:07:10Z

The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum) Fun Boy Three 1981 I see a clinic full of cynics Who want to twist the peoples' wrist They're watching every move we make We're all included on the list The lunatics have taken over the asylum ...

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Detroit deputy mayor warns council that if tunnel deal fails, expect cuts

2008-05-03T00:08:16Z

By Zachary Gorchow and Naomi Patton Free Press Staff Writers May 2, 2008 A top aide to Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick warned the City Council today that Kilpatrick will implement “drastic cuts” in services [NB: What services? We don't have any se...

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House committee threatens Rove with subpoena

2008-05-02T21:15:42Z

By BEN EVANS 1 May 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Judiciary Committee threatened Thursday to subpoena former White House adviser Karl Rove if he does not agree by May 12 to testify about former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman's corruption case. In ...

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Police question Israeli PM about foreign campaign donations

2008-05-02T20:52:28Z

By ARON HELLER The Associated Press Friday, May 2, 2008 JERUSALEM -- Police questioned Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday in an investigation of campaign donations by a U.S. citizen - the fifth high-profile probe involving the Israeli leader wh...

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shrub sucks some more.

2008-04-29T16:46:42Z

our flourishing economy Bush Fixes Economy Whines About Congress Dorkus W. Dildo had a press conference today, in his garden. He is very rich and has an entire hospital to attend to him and bombs anything that makes him confused and no matter wha...

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Give me the lesson without the spin

2008-04-28T03:31:23Z

A high school student finds conservative bias in his American government textbook. By Matthew LaClair April 27, 2008 Throughout my life, my teachers have told me that school is a neutral environment where my classmates and I can count on teache...

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LASERS

2008-04-26T19:23:15Z

Capitol Launches Intra-Office Laser War?12:53 PM on Fri Apr 25 2008 By Jim Newell Thanks to Wonkette laser operative "A." for sending this photo from outside the House office buildings today. Apparently everyone on Capitol Hill is going to sto...

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